Bulgarian minehunter Tsibar
Appearance
History | |
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Belgium | |
Name | Myosotis |
Namesake | Myosotis |
Builder | Beliard-Murdoch, Ostend |
Laid down | 6 July 1987 |
Launched | 4 August 1988 |
Completed | 14 December 1989 |
Stricken | 2004 |
Fate | Sold to Bulgaria |
Bulgaria | |
Name | Tsibar |
Identification |
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Status | in active service, as of 2010[update] |
General characteristics (in Belgian service) | |
Class and type | Tripartite-class minehunter |
Displacement |
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Length | 51.5 m (169 ft) |
Beam | 8.96 m (29.4 ft) |
Height | 18.5 m (61 ft) |
Draught | 3.6 m (12 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Range | 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h) |
Boats & landing craft carried |
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Complement | 4 officers, 15 non-commissioned officers, 17 sailors |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament | 3 × 12.7 mm machine guns |
Tsibar is a Tripartite-class minehunter of the Bulgarian Navy. The ship was formerly Myosotis (M922) of the Belgian Naval Component. Myosotis' keel was laid on 6 July 1987 at Ostend yard of Beliard-Murdoch. She was launched on 4 August 1988 and completed on 14 December 1989. Myosotis was stricken from the Belgian Naval Component in 2004 and sold to Bulgaria.
References
[edit]- "Myosotis (6127919)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 14 October 2009.